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حف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of removing, separating, or discarding something undesirable, often related to food or waste. It extends to metaphorical meanings of internal distress like anger or enmity.

Derived headwords

الحسافةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoiled date refuseboth

    The refuse or discarded part of spoiled dates.

حسفتverb
  1. 1.
    to clean datesclassical

    To clean dates by removing the spoiled refuse.

أجسفهverb
  1. 1.
    to clean datesclassical

    To clean dates by removing the spoiled refuse (synonymous with حسفت).

حسفاnoun
  1. 1.
    cleaning datesclassical

    The act of cleaning dates by removing the spoiled refuse.

انحسفverb
  1. 1.
    to crumbleclassical

    When something crumbles or disintegrates in one's hand.

حسيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    resentmentclassical

    A feeling of resentment, anger, or enmity held in the chest.

Parallel reading

الحسافة: ما تناثر من التمر الفاسد.
Al-ḥasāfah: what scatters from spoiled dates.
وحسفت التمر أجسفه حسفا، أي نقيته وأخرجت حسافته.
And I cleaned the dates, I made them clean, a cleaning, meaning I purified them and removed their refuse.
ويقال: انحسف الشئ، إذا تقتت في يدك.
And it is said: a thing crumbles, if it disintegrates in your hand.
وفي صدره علي حسيفة وحسافة، أي غيظ وعداوة.
And in his chest towards me is resentment and enmity, meaning anger and hostility.